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Lillooet River Watershed Management Planning PRELIMINARY Report Lillooet River Watershed Management Planning PRELIMINARY Report Prepared for: Val Schaefer University of Victoria ER 390 Victoria, BC April 30, 2011 Prepared by: Veronica Woodruff Lillooet River Watershed Management Plan– Preliminary Report Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................II LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................................................................. III LIST OF TABLES................................................................................................................................................ IV 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................1 2. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................2 2.1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................2 2.2. REPORT’S OBJECTIVES ...............................................................................................................................2 3. METHODS.......................................................................................................................................................3 3.1. BACKGROUND, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND SPECIES AT RISK INFORMATION..............................................3 3.2. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANNING.....................................................................................................3 4. RESULTS .........................................................................................................................................................4 4.1. LILLOOET RIVER WATERSHED OVERVIEW.................................................................................................4 4.2. COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................................................5 4.3. FISHERIES VALUES .....................................................................................................................................5 4.4. WILDLIFE ...................................................................................................................................................7 4.5. SPECIES AT RISK.........................................................................................................................................8 4.6. LAND-USE ................................................................................................................................................10 4.7. CONFLICTS AND ISSUES............................................................................................................................12 5. DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .........................................................................................15 5.1. LILLOOET RIVER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN...............................................................................15 5.2. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN INITIAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING, APRIL 21, 2011. ..........................16 5.3. NEXT STEPS..............................................................................................................................................17 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..........................................................................................................................18 7. REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................................19 APPENDIX A- STAKEHOLDER ATTENDEES APRIL 21............................................................................21 APPENDIX B- LILLOOET RIVER WATERSHED MEETING GRAPHIC RECORDING ......................22 APPENDIX C- WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANNING MEETING PRESENTATION.................23 Lillooet River Watershed Management Plan– Preliminary Report Page iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1- Lillooet River Watershed Overview Map.................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2 - Keyhole Falls .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 3- Wolf Track from the Upper Lillooet River................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 4- Red Legged Frog tadpoles with Northwestern Garter Snake in the foreground at Lost Lake, Whistler. ......10 Figure 5- Ryan River Sub Basin showing clearcuts from the River into the sub-alpine. ....................................................10 Figure 6- Looking downstream along the Lillooet River in an area known as the MacKenzie Cut, the former river channel can be seen on the right. ......................................................................................................................12 Figure 7- Meager Creek Slide looking downstream from the upper Capricorn drainage into the Lillooet River Valley .................................................................................................................................................................................13 Figure 8- Environment Canada Hydrograph from Lillooet River gauge 08MG005 from August 6, 2010. ....................14 Figure 9- Steps in developing a watershed management plan (Source: USEPA, 2008)......................................................15 Lillooet River Watershed Management Plan– Preliminary Report Page iv LIST OF TABLES Table 1- 2006 Statistics Canada Census Data for the Lillooet River Watershed.................................................................... 5 Table 2- Summary of Wildlife Habitat Areas within the Lillooet River Watershed .............................................................. 8 Table 3- Species at Risk within the Lillooet River Watershed .................................................................................................. 9 Table 4- Lillooet River Watershed Stakeholder List Summary...............................................................................................16 Page 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Lillooet River Watershed is a vast and beautiful place encompassing 602 000 hectares in south western British Columbia. As the smallest sub-basin of the Fraser River, with its mountainous nature and coastal weather patterns, the Lillooet-Harrison watershed contributes the second highest flows making it a critical component in the late summer health of the Fraser River System. Despite its size less, only about 14000 people consider this area home. There are considerable natural values within the watershed including incredible, genetically unique salmon species, all of the charismatic mega fauna associated with British Columbia and high recreational values. There are a number of species and ecosystems at risk within the watershed considering the overlap from the wet Coastal Western Hemlock forests, transitioning into the dry coastal interior Douglas fir forests. It includes mature and old growth forests, lakes and rivers, alpine meadows, glaciers and wetlands. With all these natural attributes there is also competition between users, residents and resource developers. Currently, there are a number of bodies governing this area including First Nation, municipal, regional, provincial and federal governments. Often planning initiatives consider political boundaries but in reality we do not reside in silo’s and downstream effects come from upstream actions. Using watershed boundaries to delineate a planning region can provide a holistic, integrated and collaborative tool for decision making. For a plan to be successful, it must be stakeholder driven, creating a platform for identifying issues and instilling a responsibility for implementing the resulting strategies. However, this kind of planning also needs the cooperation from local or regional governments to assist in the facilitation, funding and implementation of the plan. The Lillooet River Watershed would be an ideal area to undertake this process given its important geographical location and environmental attributes as well as a demonstrated interest in stakeholder cooperation, as was seen at the initial meeting to discuss this project held April 21, 2011. Over 50 participants attended from First Nations, industry, government and non- profit organizations. With stakeholder interest clearly demonstrated, the next steps include pursuing funding options, contacting local and regional government to gauge their interest in partnering and maintaining contact between stakeholders within the watershed. Page 2 2. INTRODUCTION This report has been a partnership initiative of Stewardship Pemberton Society (SPS) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Stewardship Pemberton is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose purpose is to encourage the protection, restoration and long-term sustainability of the natural environment through education, cooperation and community involvement. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has provided funding for an Education Coordinator in the region for many years. The responsibilities of the Education Coordinator include delivering
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